Hyman Goldstein (politician)

[1] He was a Nationalist member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Eastern Suburbs from 1922 until 1925, and Coogee from 1927 to his death in 1928.Federal Nationalist MP Thomas Ley, an enemy of Goldstein's who was later convicted of murder in England, is often held responsible for his death.Arriving in Australia in 1888, he was educated at Crown Street Public School, before becoming a businessman.[2] Goldstein was a shareholder in the Prickly Pear Company, which had been organised by former New South Wales Justice Minister and federal MP Thomas Ley.Goldstein, one of many shareholders who had lost their investments when the company collapsed, began a campaign against Ley but was subsequently found dead after a fall from the Coogee cliffs.
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